Efforts made by French constructors to overcome noise problems and encumbrance of structures; use of Michelet metal core tires, built for Paris underground system, led to concept of vehicles suspended from their trucks running inside guiding and rolling track, constructed like box girder with 25 to 30 m spans, resting on supports of 30 to 31 in. in diam; suspended monorail with suspensions in central vertical plane of longitudinal symmetry of car bodies uses conventional railway switches.


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    Title :

    Major problems of overhead rapid transit


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1961 Monorail



    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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